The Women Behind Rosie the Riveter by Pamela Dell

Author:Pamela Dell [Dell, Pamela]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: 978-1-5157-7935-3; 978-1-5157-7943-8; women; world war II; workplace; Rosie; We Can Do It
Publisher: Capstone
Published: 2019-11-20T00:00:00+00:00

The Queen Mary sailed into New York with troops.

“Unfortunately, whe n the war ended, despite the skill and patriotism the women had displayed, we were forced to lay them off. I will never forget . . . We didn’t even let them in the building, all these women . . . who had worked seven days a week for years and had been commended so many times by the Navy for the work they were doing.”

— William Mulcahy, a wartime factory supervisor

Chapter 5

Rosie Revived

During the war years “Rosie the Riveter” hadn’t yet been directly connected with the Westinghouse poster. And in the decades after the war the whole concept was all but forgotten. Then in 1982 Rosie got a revival. That year the Washington Post newspaper ran a story about old propaganda campaigns. Westinghouse’s “We Can Do It!” poster appeared in the article. That image struck a chord with the evolving feminist movement.

Women related to the strong, confident, attractive girl with her raised fist and tough, determined expression. Women everywhere adopted the image. Their own struggles for equality made them appreciate the ideals and the spirit of the 1940s working women.

From then on J. Howard Miller’s “We Can Do It!” girl became linked with Rosie the Riveter. In time it became a symbol of women’s equality with men. But did the girl in the poster have a real-life counterpart? And if so, who was she?

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